{"id":24110,"date":"2026-08-25T14:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T19:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/?p=24110"},"modified":"2026-08-26T08:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T13:42:23","slug":"annual-home-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/?p=24110","title":{"rendered":"Annual Home Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It all got done today: furnace and mini-split cleaning and hot water heater draining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hot water heater was so filled with calcium sediment that it clogged the craftsman&#8217;s pump. He recommended installing a sediment filter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The furnace craftsman brought his family along, including his 11 year old daughter who helps him on jobs and is learning the trade. He said the furnace is a good one, 20 years old and would last another 10 years. He replaced a part &#8211; might be a rollout switch or a high-limit switch. They found that a pipe had disconnected from the vent. We had aluminum tape so he was able to fix it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It took quite a while to clean the mini-split because of how it had to be mounted: it couldn&#8217;t be pulled in one piece from the wall. At least I think that was the case. In any event, the innards were green with mold so it was due to be cleaned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jett stayed in my room for part of the time and was very good once I let him out. Except when he ate a huge block of cheese while we were watching the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Confirmed with Rockland that we need to visit a branch to sign the beneficiary designations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It all got done today: furnace and mini-split cleaning and hot water heater draining. The hot water heater was so filled with calcium sediment that it clogged the craftsman&#8217;s pump. He recommended installing a sediment filter. The furnace craftsman brought &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/?p=24110\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24110"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24125,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24110\/revisions\/24125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hendersonbrook.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}